Romania lobbies to bring down EU legal monitoring

EurActiv reported Romanian Justice Minister Cătălin Predoiu saying in Brussels in January 2012 that his country had made unprecedented efforts to reform its law enforcement system and suggesting that Bucharest wanted to see the EU monitoring mechanism put in place five years previously removed by the summer of 2012.

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ESO: Background information: Bulgaria and Romania excluded from EU’s Schengen http://www.europeansources.info/record/bulgaria-and-romania-excluded-from-eus-schengen/

EurActiv, 29.2.12: Romania accused of 'lack of European spirit' over Serbia's candidacy http://www.euractiv.com/enlargement/romania-accused-lack-european-spirit-news-511181

EUObserver, 28.2.12: Romania flexes muscle at EU meeting on Serbia http://euobserver.com/15/115416

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